CVE-2026-79968

MEDIUMNVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 96% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 9, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 9, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

DSA-2026-382: Security Update for Dell Secure Connect Gateway Application and Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities | Dell India

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000503426/dsa-2026-382-security-update-for-dell-secure-connect-gateway-virtual-edition-multiple-vulnerabilities

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79968(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 05:33 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 05:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 07:20 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 09:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-17 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-16 10:55 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-16 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-15 12:43 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-15 12:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-14 14:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-14 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-14 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-14 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-13 13:03 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-13 13:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-12 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-11 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-11 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-10 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-09 20:12 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.30
  5. 2026-09-09 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-09 20:12 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.9
  7. 2026-09-09 15:47 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-09 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-09 13:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-09 13:05 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-09 13:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79968?
CVE-2026-79968 is a medium vulnerability published on September 9, 2026. Dell SCG 5.0 Appliance versions prior to 5.36.00.16 and Dell SCG 5.0 Application versions prior to 5.36.00.00, contains a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial…
When was CVE-2026-79968 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79968 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 9, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79968 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79968 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79968?
CVE-2026-79968 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79968?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79968, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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